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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-06-28
LOST AND FOUND.


IT OST-sMALL BLACK DOG WITH COLLAR AND
1i&g: answers name Billy" Finder literally
Marded by returning same TO 4o4 let st. sw. je2e2r
Il oST - TWO ENGLISH GREYHoUNDs. ONE
1lMouse- colored and one orindle: answer 20 names
OF Punch" aud Judy" Please return TO 81 stn Il
n w., and receive liberal reward 1t.
EOUND-A LANCE WHITE SETTER DOG, WITH
II hght red cara Inquire. any time sfter O'Clock
IA, on sprng IT., near l4th ST.. Mount Pleasant.
Thus JONES. 1t
\ osT-oN JUNE %, 1887, LARGE FLY SCARF
xApin ON l1th, H. or New York ave. A liberal reward
iYr lts return 70 sos 18th ST NV ,e2s-3t'
EoUND-oN SATURDAY, JUNE % GOLD
" Bracelet Call for property al 500 12th st. NV
between and pm II
OK REwARD-LosT. on SUNDAY. The 18th
VO lnst- LOCALITY unknown, an Oval White iopah
so.e IN gold setting; used as watch CHARM ne
Under viii receive the Sbove reward on ieislE AZ AZ
lO.9 9th st. NV. or at o0s Penn. ave. le2.-2t.
7 osI-yUhE "a. a. SMALL RED AM MITE
~ Cow, long horba II returned 90 Mrs 1cCANN,
xul ST. aw.. liberal reward will be given se2o-3t'
Il osT.A SMALL MASONIC Pm HtGg I. VAL.
ued for its bet I'm hno Zlst sts On
4 Penns Finder will be suitably rewarded w
leaving same At 2l0l fennA ave Jezo-3r
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-21
What the Animals Eat,

Circus goers are often awestruck at
thought of the enormous amounts the
proprietors must have to pay for the sta
Lle board" of their Gagged exhibits. But
as matter of fact the feeding of the
animals docs not amount to rs much as
might be imagined. There arc certain
classes Of animals known to circus men
as hay animals, bread animals, meat ami
mails, etc. Three hundred pounds of
meat, three tons of hay, and $50 pounds
OF bread will be an ample daily supply
for the whole menager.c or any of the
big shows. When the snakes eat, which
is only once in three months, they must
be fed with doves, rabbits or pigeons.
1t takes the romance out or ones ear
ly knowledge of natural history to hear
well posted circus MN say that it is
all nonsense to talk about snakes fascin-
ating their prey When hungry, he as
serts, snakes will strike any live animal
within each and lay hold of it without
ahy preliminary movement. When u
snake has particularly good appetite
he will get taway with five or SIX birds at
single meal. Il Golden ArgosY.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-21
The Dried Currents Industrv

"One would hardly think that sim
gle Industry would support vast num-
bers of people and form an i'm
portant product of an entire nation. y
said one of our leading grocers the other
day. 81 am referring to dried currants
as the products and Greece as the couu-
try. To show how enormously her
prosperity has increased in this respect,
have simply to tell you that the crop
has increased from IL. OOO, 900 pounds in
1860 to 200, 600, 600 pounds in 1886. If
it isn't an important staple to Greece
Pm unable to say what it is."-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-21
SO. LONDONDERRY, THURSDAY, APRIL o. 1887
Somebody Pays.
Some find it convenient to live at their cas-,

Some find IT convenient to live at their ease,
And all obligations 10 shirk;
On every occasion to do as they please,
And give no attention to work.
AS idlers and sluggards as loungers and
drones,
They follow their indolent ways.
BY being thus lax, increasing the tax
That somebody pays.
Free lunches free passes they have at COM
mand,
Rich gifts that TO others arc lost,
And gayly they feast on the fat of the land,
And travel regardless of cost.
But for all tho fine banquets, the wear and
the tear
or public or private displays,
Though you may go free, It's as sure as can
be
That somebody pays
Some boast of the credit they freely obtain,
The taxes from which they're exempt
And to cancel the favors received, it is plain
They've made not single attempt;
With honor at stake, they consent to remain
In debt to the end Of their days,
And with insolent prido, free horse" they
ride,
For which somebody pays.
Some go through the world with a niggardly
heart,
And carry miserly purse,
While others, with liberal zeal, do their part,
And freely their treasures disburse;
And for hours of idleness We may enjoy,
For losses and needless delays,
For waste and neglect, it is we'll to reflect
That somebody pays.
-lJosephine Pollard.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-21
Using a Locomotive for a Bootiack.

1T isn't very often that you hear of
a man using locomotive for boot
jack" said an engineer on the Atlantic
road last night "but happen to know
OF an interesting incident that occurred
down in Indiana the past winter. Walt
Coleman, brakeman on freight train.
set out one bitter cold night to flag a
espassenso, jnst south OF Hammond. He
was out about two hours, and when he
came back his fingers and ears were badly
frozen. After we had got some whiskey
down him and had rubbed his hands and
cars in snow we tried to remove his
boots, but his feet were so badly swollen
that they could not be pulled off. Cole
man was an economical cuss, and he
would not let us cut them off his feet.
lie said the boots had cost him 81 but
two weeks before, and he could not af
lord to lose them so soon, even if by so
doing he would be relieved of his suf
ferings. 1t was finally agreed to take
Coleman out to the locomotive, stick his
boot heels between the Stats of the cow
catcher, and then back up. When
everything was ready the cninccr reversed
his engine, while we clung to Coleman's
arms and shoulders. The boots came off
quick enough, but Coleman's legs came so
near going with them that there was no
fun in 1t. As it was, we had to cut the
heels on the boots to save any portion of
them. That was the qucercst boot jack
lever saw. 1t may appear novel to
many other people. ."-Chicago Herald.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-21
Salt.

A New York commission merchant
said to Commercial reporter: "Thc
experiment of making solar salt has been
tried in this country but without much
success. Tho quality of the sea water
varies good deal. 1t will deposit one
kind of salt on one island and another
perccptibly different, even to the eve,
on another island perhaps not more than
forty miles away. We do an immense
trade with the West Indies in salt. There
are dozen places that furnish altogether
different kinds of salt, and each has its
particular use. One very fine and easily
soluble variety is used in the favoring
OF chewing tobacco. Not many chew
ers know that, but they would find out
very quickly that something was lack
ing if the salt should be omitted.
Some physicians have thought that the
presence Of the salt makes the tobacco
very injurious"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-21
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC,

Mr.. JEFFERSON may go to England next
lall to play Rip Van Winke."
VIDA CRoLY, daughter of jennie june
VIII adopt the stage next season.
my PARTNER" is played out, and Louis
Aldrlch will abandon it this Spring.
CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG will make tour
shortly through New York State and Can
ada.
WILSON BARRETT's Hamlet" has, ON the
whole, been favorably received in New
York.
SIDNEY WooLLETT, the elocutionist, is said
to have memorized more than 100000 verses
of poetry.
The Princess Beatrice, Queen Victoria's
daughter, writes music and plays the piano
and organ with marked ability.
PRINCESS BEATRICE has written musical
setting for Heines Sunny Month of May"
and the house of Boosey has published it.
Miss MARIE ENGEL, who has just made her
debut in London i'll Colonel Mapleson's COM
pany, is Chicago girl. She joined his COM
pany during his last season in America.
ilGAYARRE, the Spanish tenor, has con-
sracted s1n TO make nifty appearances in opera for
$1,000. Sixteen years ago he was singing in
a Madrid music hall for - cents night
Mrs. LANGTRY will close her season, in july.
III San francisco, aud will remain there for
the summer, opening her fall season at the
New YORK Fifth Avenue Theatre in August
a NEW YORK manager estimates that one
theatre there in one month passes ., 2245 people
The thirty New York theatres encourage
l57, $50 deadheads every thirty days, or in one
year SIS, 200.
WILHELM, the violinist is now playing in
hungary. AT recent concert in Vienna he
Is said to have been recalled twenty nine times
and that like enthusiasm had not been
manifested since the days of Paganiui
Miss DECCA, an American singer. made her
debut as Felina in Mignon,n at the ROYAL
Theatre at Manchester, England She was
well received by a brilliant audience United
States Consul Hale and wife occupied box
A PROMINENT critical magazine of London,
IN an able article on the decline of true COM
edy says: There is not a single legitimate
comedian on the English stage, and in Amer
lea Robson and Crane are the only actors
who have escaped the temptations of modern
acrooatic butfoonery to uphold the dignity of
Shakespearean comedy
EDWARD HANLoN has accomplished wha,
has probably never before been known in the
theatrical profession. After playing "Le
voyage en- Suisse in France and England,
he took the same company through Spain,
PORTUGAL, Prussia and Austria, and in
structed the company in the language of
each OF the countries visited, so that they
were acceptable to the audiences. The party
Will come to this country next August
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-21
Jute and Its Uses.

ialking with the president of lutte
mill the other day. he said he hoped the
next cotton crop was going to be a big
one. He was asked why.
WELL" he replied, "every bale OF
cotton has got to have Its brown ovcralls,
and that is JUS. our business-we're
cotton olothiers. We make it from the
s'umps OF the juto plant. You know
that this jute is grown in India, where
there are immense farms of it. When
the stalk is full grown it is pulled up by
the roots and hackled. The top is fine
and soft, but the ground ends are coarser
and hard. These arc cut off and baled
IN hydraulic presses as butts or 'cut-
tings,' while the tops arc also baled as
Jute. Hundreds of thousands of bales
arc shipped to this country alone, and
more to London, Dundee and Hamburg.
The natives float it down the rivers from
the interior to Calcutta or Chittaronr,
where it is loaded for this side of the
world.
"Does Calcutta give us the price in
dollars and cents1'
"No, sir. We do our own figuring, as
rule. Calcutta quotes us in rupees and
annas per bale, but we know how to
twist that around into genuine money.
Inc natives do the most of the business,
lguess, but there arc plenty of English
men and Greeks out there, too. fancy
the European clerk in those parts doesn't
get SO many of his cherished holidays as
he would if at home, for those Brahmins
had just as soon do business on SUNDAYS,
Christmas Day and Fourth of July, as on
any other, and they do. But when their
own festivals come round then comes a
lull. As l said at first, our mill uses
only the butts for making the bagging.
Others use a little better quality for
paper stock, and still others work up
the jute into cordage, carpets and clothes
lines. The finest jute of all is used for
rcthatching bald heads or for making
those beautiful switches which fill in the
scant places under the ladies' bio
hats. - New York Sun.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-21
NEWSY GLEANINGS,

IDAHO and Nevada are governed by broth
ers.
THERE are $50, ,OO0,O 900 worth of three per
cent bonds subject to call
THIRTY-THREE hotels are being built in Los
Angeles county, California.
AT Carson, New, Chinese opium smokers
are made to clean the streets
CHINA has the fastest torpedo boat in the
world. Her speed is twenty-four knots an
hour.
FIVE THOUSAND bodies, on an average are
taken to the morgue in New York city every
year.
THOMAS KEENE, the first white child born in
Montana, died recently, aged twenty years
and three months.
THE owner of vineyard near Liverino.e,
Cal, has thirty-four cats who keep the rab-
bits and gophers in some sort of subsection.
LULU WILLIAMS, child of eleven years, is
an applicant for divorce in an Omaha court
on the ground of cruelty and failure to SUD-
port.
PIUTE Indians in Nevada name their chill
dren alter white people in the expectation
that the latter will take an interest in the lit
tie folks, as they usually do
THE Sultan of Morocco has punished one
of his subjects who persisted in smoking in
violation of the recent decree prohibiting the
use of tobacco by having his lips cut off
A BALD eagle killed recently near Santa
Rosa, Cal, measured seventy-eight inches
from tip to tip of his wings, and its talons,
when opened, measured seven and-a-uuarter
inches
THE Oldest Mayor in France, Jean Froi-
maux, has just died at the age of ninety-fve
He had been Mayor of the Commune of Joue-
Ell Charnie for tifty-one years without inter-
ruption.
CHINA has ceded to Germany the Chusan
Islands on its eastern coast, a very important
acquisition for that Power Chusan was
captured by the British in 1910 and restored
to China in 1916.
A REPORT from Billings, Montana, states
that even the game in that vicinity is so weak
from hnnger that antelope and elk can be
kllled with clubs. A party of hunters recently
killed six moose in that way.
THE county of Clermont, Ohio. has citi-
zen who has worn the same pair of boots con-
tinuousy, day and night, without once re-
moving them, for eighteen months. He ex-
poets to wear them six months longer, and
thereby win bet of 500.
CAPTAIN NATHANIEL FISH, of the Cherokee
Nation, thought a centenarian, is as active as
man of sixty. He walks into Tahlequah
from his farm, seven miles away once or
twice each week, and back, and is in sound
health every way. He cut two new teeth re-
Gently.
PROFESSIONAL jumper, of st. Catharines,
Canada, as his share of the celebration of the
Queens Jubilee, on May 26, will encircle
himself with bladders and rubber suit,
swim down the Niagara current to point
opposite the Saul Davis place, and make a
clean leap over the Horseshoe Falls He will
avoid the American Falls on account of the
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-21
PRICE THREE CENTS.

The thundcrs of the last day will be the
salvo that greets you into harbor. The light
nings will be only the torches of triumphal
procession marching down 10 escort you
home. The burning worlds flashing through
immensity will be the rockets ceebrat-
ing your coronation on thrones where YOU
will reign forever and forever and
forever. Where is death What have we to
do with death As your reunited body and
soul swing OFT from this planet on that last
day you will see deep gashes all up and down
the hills, deep gasheS all through the valleys,
and they will be the emptied graves,
they will be the abandoned sspulchres.
with rough ground tossed on either s.ds OF
them, and slabs will lie uneven on the rent
hillockS, and there will be fallen monuments
and cenotaphs, and then for the first time you
will appreciate the full exhilaration of TIN
text: "Ho will swallow up death in victory"
Hail the Lord of earth and heaven!
Praise to Thee by both be given:
Thee we greet thriumphant now,
Hail the resurrection Thouln
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-21
What Ma Said.

Bobbic was at neighbours and in re-
sponsc to piece of bread and butter
had politely said "Thanle YOU"
That's right, Bobby" said the lady.
Il like to hear little boys say 'Thank
you"
"Ycs, ma told me must say that if
you gave me nything to eat, even if it
wasn't nothing but bread an butter;
but if you want to hear me say it again
you've either got to put jam on it or
give me some cake. y Harper's Bazaar.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-21
THEY HAVE TO PAY NOW,
Few Ofice-Seekers Around Since Free
Passes Were aboiished

Since the interstate commsrcs act went
into effect, tn, number of personal applica-
tons for appointments under the adminis,ra-
ton at Washin ;ton has dimi lished. At the
interior department, a Star reporter was
informed by an Official that there has been
q marked falling off in the number of callers
ON the various states and territor .es "The
withdrawal of railroad passes has pretty
efectuallv stopped the coming of deIega-
Ions and individuals to urIe appoin TIM snts
and press claims here Before the interstate
law went into effect there wasn't a day
paSseI that we didn't have dele cations and
,adivi irais here for one purpose or another,
ihey would come from the Pacific coast and
the far Northwest But now, since free
passes have been cancelled, we don't have
many such callers
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-21
An Absurd Prooosition

Lily Secretary of the cooking class)-
Now, girls, we've learned nine cakes,
two kinds of angel food and seven pies.
What nextf
Susie (engaged)--Dick's father says /
must learn to make bread.
Indignant Chorus-Breadl Absurd
What are bakers FORT Pittsburg Bulle-
fin
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-21
Thoroughly Competent.

Interstate Commissioner Bragg, speaking
10 reporter Of he critici,m upon the COM
missioners for giving their first appointment
to The on OF United States senator. said:
appointment had Senator Pugh no: been in
Congress- Tie Eatur is an old friend of
nine. The young man had the sta ongest
kind of iniors m.nt and know that he is
thoroughly competent
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-21
Afraid 10 Pass ANYTHING.

First director-I am afraid we shall
have to pass dividend again.
Second director-Wc can't do it.
mo. The Interstate Commercial law
doesn't allow US to pass any,hing."-
IPittsburg Chronicle.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-21

A black or blue pencil inaTk oppo.
site this paragraph indicates that your
subscription has expired, while red
mark shows that your subscription or
renewal has been received.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-21
TIE LONDONDERRY SITTER.

@-Entered at tho Post-ofics at South
Londonderry, as second class matter.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-11-23

Dyspepsia is dreadful. Disordcred liver
is misery. Indigestion is a foe to good ma
ture.
The human digestive apparatus is one of
the most complicated and wonderful things
in existence. II is easily put out Of order.
Greasy food. tough food, sloppy food.
bad cookery, mental worry, late hours, ir-
regular habits, and many other things which
ought not to be. have made the American
people nation Of dyspeptics.
But Green's August Flower has done a
wonderful work in reforming this sad busi
ness and making the American people so
healthy that they can enjoy their meals and
be happy.
Remember: Nohappiness without health.
Bat Green's August Flower brings health
and happiness to the dyspeptic. Ask your
druggist for bottle. Seventy-five cents.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-11-23
Sneezing Catarrh.

The distressing sneeze, sneeze. sneezs. the
Acrid. watery discharges from the eyes and
nose. the painful Inflammation extending to
the throat. the swelling Of the mucous lining.
causing choking sensations. cough, ringing
noises in the head and splitting headaches
how familiar these symptoms are TO thOus-
ands who suffer periodically from head colds
OF influenza, and who live In ignorance Of the
fact that single application Of SANfoRD's
RADICAL CukE FOR CATARRH will aford instan-
taueous relief.
But this Treatment in cases Of simple Ca
sarrh gives but q faint idea OF what this rene
dy will do in the chronic forms, where the
breashing Is obstructed BY choking. pufrid
mucous aecumulationS. the hearing affected.
smell and taste gone. throat liberated and
hacking cough gradually fastening itself upon
the debiiitated system. Then II is that the
marvellous curative power Of SANFoRD's RADr-
CAL CuRs manifests itself in instantaneous
and grateful relief. Cure begins from the frst
application. Ii Is rapid. radical, permanent.
economical. safe.
SANfoRp's RADICAL CURk consists Of one bot
tie OF the RADICAL CrRK, one box ofCATARRH-
Al SOLVENT and one lnPRovED 1SBALER. xll
wrapped in one package. with treatise and
directions. and sold by all druggists for 800.
Potte, Drug and Chemical Co.. Boston.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-11-23

a view OF our lodgings But as the con-
( tinued raiu rendered his lodging un-
pleasant, he lett II and sought shelter
where We had secured our horses
Here he lay down 10 rest. but was too
wet and mad 10 sleep, though the soft,
warm night was very inducing. He had
not lain here long before he heard the
/ tread rs Of number If men softly ap-
. preaching. At first he thought IL WAS
some "t uur party coming out To see about
the horses, tut lie was soon undeceived.
for they approached very near him. and
their !cader turned, and said in "A subdued
tone:
Here men, are the horses: take them
To our quarters. then hasten back, we
must attack the men: will remain to
watch till Your return"
Nay. Capt Eubr. protested the men
let lis DE satisfied with the horses, leav
ing the men undisiurbcd.' -
Il tell you, my men, we must. il posi-
bic, have that captain and thiuaman ouT
ot the way: The one can track ghost and
the other Kill "'.t. 80 hurry away with
the horses, then return; Iwiii remain just
where am
The men FASTENED away with the horses,
and Ruhc-fOr il was indeed he--sat down
ON a stone almost i'll reach Of Tan, to wait
and watch. Tan WAS not long determin-
ing what 10 do. lie softly arose, with his
gun in hand. and made a dash toward the
robber, and laid him scuseless upon the
ground with blow from his gun Rip
ping his belt in twain he bound his man
hand and foot, then ran. filed with cXul-
taiiUn, To aroIlsc the party.
"Eiilloc-ee! Captee, allie wakee up lie
shouted eXcitedly at the mouth Of the
cave. Me come. Me bloke Kubec's
head, gotee him tied upec plenty tight.
Whewpee! me gitee watchec. BE plenty
quick; robbees got ale hossees. hut com
ing back plenty soon. BE yely quick,
captce. c"mce ont, hilee till they come,
an: Kill 'em plenty more
We were greatly surprised But from
this jargon, and more ike IL. we soon
learned what was ncc.s ,ary 10 he done in
order to save our horses and also some of
the robbers, which We did when they re
turned-hIlling Two. woun,ling two and
capturing four besides Black Rubc.
Our surprise WAS siill more complete
when, coming 10 examine Tau's prisoner,
we found that nc WAS the acknow ledrcd
Black Rube ly his men. and that he was
also our yeritable Indian giiidc.
This explained how the robbers hal
been so successful in their operations, and
also for the shooting between the Indian
and Chiuaman.
Well, we returned with all Of our hoescs.
also those the robbers had previously
stolen, and our prisoners, yet. after all
rather creStfallcn, for il was clearly not
hy our own skill and management that
we escaped falling into the robbers
hands.
Tan got the watch.-James !. Baird in
Yankee Blade.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-11-23
Excitement over a Marvellous Cure in
England

The newspapers OF Great Britain are
filled with accounts of the wonderful re-
covery of young man who had been SO i'll
with asthma and rheumatism that lie was
not able TO lie down in bed for nine long
years. The cure was due to the Shakers Of
Mount Lebanon. n. Y. They say that this,
like nearly all others was the result of in
digestion. and that the Shaker Extract of
roots (Siegel's SyrupJ effected this wonder
full cure by restoring the digestive organs to
a healthy condition. obyiating entirely those
disagreeable turns of sick headache, bill
iousness. etc. The Shakers say that ehey
have spent fifty years in perfecting this
remedy for dyspepsia, and that its effects
opon the digestive organs is something Won
derful. For diseases of the throat or lungs
they recommend the Shaker Tar Capsules.